The Metallurgy of Copper Being an Introduction to the Method of Seeking, Mining , and Assaying Copper , and Manufacturing its Alloys

Green embossed cover with titles in gilt on front and in black on white strip on spine. In the embossure is the logo: Weale's Rudimentary Series 133. Some edge and corner wear. Book is square and securely bound though first signature is pulled forward slightly and there is a small tear at the top of the front hinge. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Endpapers are booklists for Weale's Series. G+ to VG-. ; Weale's Rudimentary Series; Vol. 133; Small B&W Drawings; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 237 +32 pp. of ads pages; The bookplate on the front pastedown is for H. P. Womelsdorf. There was a man by that name in the Pottsville Pennsylvania area who was involved in coalmining. That a man involved in the mining industry might have owned such a book is a reasonable assumption.